• PEOPLE NAME: CHAM-MWANA OF NIGERIA

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PEID: 13716

ROP: 102002

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi

Language: Dijim-Bwilim - (cfa)

Alternate Name(s): Mwana, Cham, Lojah, Dijin

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Nigeria

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Population: 52,000

Global Population: 52,000


PEID: 13716

ROP: 102002

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Cham-Mwana of Nigeria, numbering 52,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Nigeria. Their primary language is Dijim-Bwilim. The primary religion practiced by the Cham-Mwana is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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